Hunt Brothers

This brings us to Paul Volcker, who chaired the Federal Reserve System in D.C. (August 1979 to August 1987)during which time he shafted gold and silver investors and miners by such low blows including telling U.S. banks to not lend for “speculative” gold and silver buying; and arranging a “bailout” loan for the Hunts in the wake of their crippling margin calls by spring 1980.
The loan was syndicated from various Pilgrims Society members as Alfred Brittain III of Bankers Trust; Sir Dennis Weatherstone of J.P. Morgan & Company; William Ira Spencer of Citibank; and others. The loan was structured so as to cause the Hunts to be compelled to relinquish some 59 to 60 million silver ounces, which took place by 1986!
All that bullion was of course dedicated to global silver price dampening campaigns. Volcker became head of the Group of 30 in D.C., representing a consortium of foreign central banks in league with the Federal Reserve System and the Bank of England in suppressing the twin monetary metals.

In this must listen interview, Silver-Investor.com’s David Morgan breaks down the official storyline, and gives the real story of the Hunt Brothers attempts to take delivery of a large portion of COMEX silver, and how the petrified banksters responded.

The tale of the silver boom ended badly for the Hunts when the Federal Reserve, Justice Department, Saudi kings and others with a real desire to smash the Hunt Brothers took after them with a vengeance. Jim Sinclair was part of the team that helped Volker dismantle the silver barons, restoring the US Dollar hegemony from the frightening specter of even worse currency debasement. Silver and gold went to sleep for another 30 years. The Petro Dollar system was preserved. That cost was in the billions.Today things are different. Or are they? The same economic tides are making precious metals a safe haven from the real perception of inflation and its harmful effects. The difference today is that silver is in a shortage with most of the silver production immediately absorbed into commercial and investment uses, leaving many asking for their precious metals and not getting delivery in short order, or if at all. Most of us can acquire silver and gold in small amounts. Gold has no ready stocks available for sale. Every ounce, pound or ton is spoken for, sometimes several times over given the theft occurring from allocated accounts and vaults emptied by smart money investors like China and Russia taking delivery from bullion banks and their badly placed paper bets.

Unlike the 1970s when gold and silver price spikes were stimulated by fear of inflation erosion despite massive above ground supplies, all precious metals today are in short supply, even to the point where small hot wars are being fought for its possession. This is not the era of the Hunt Brothers chasing an enormous bet on silver in hopes of making a few billion in profits, riding the public’s desire to save themselves from currency devaluation.Our present era is a Cold War being fought over these most important commodities.

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